Good Christians, devout Muslims can defeat satan with condoms

The ‘healthy sinner’ who goes astray like say Pastor Benny Hinn or Jimmy Swaggart; the men of God who had extra marital affairs, has an opportunity of repenting and going back in the fold of God’s people living on earth.

This piece is not intended for the ultra-moral, super holy and those who are immune to temptation and sin. It will annoy and disappoint them. There are escalating cases of new HIV infections especially among the youth and married people in Uganda. Unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected partner is responsible for most of this trend.

We have the ABC strategy which has now become ABC+, that is; Abstinence, Being faithful, Condom use plus Circumcision.

It is obvious that people are having sex outside marriage without condoms and this is where a lot of emphasis should be. Trouble is that for many, encouraging condom use is equivalent to encouraging adultery, fornication and all sexually immoral vices.

The end result is that people either do not use condoms when the devil tempts them from their high, holy standing or they use them incorrectly due to lack of education. That is why I would suggest that those who oppose condoms from a religious point of view should take a fresh look at the issue.

The Bible tells us somewhere about the thief who like the devil only comes to steal, kill and destroy. HIV/Aids has killed so many, stolen so much from our lives and destroyed homes, careers plus the entire social fabric. Logically it may be called the tool of the devil.

The faithful have human failings that lead them to having sexual intercourse outside marriage. Many times, we have heard at the funeral of someone who has died after a ‘long illness,’ (the euphemism for the Aids condition) that the late accepted Jesus Christ on his death bed and therefore we should rejoice that he is going to heaven.

There is a possibility, that the deceased would have ‘lived in sin,’ (with the use of condoms,) stayed alive and made amends with God giving him the opportunity to live longer.

Many times, the deceased has left a wife and children plus other dependents to face the harsh realities of life. I would think that if it was an open policy to encourage condom use when one is ‘tempted’ and the condoms are distributed openly with the constant message that they are for use when ‘the devil ambushes’ the faithful, we are likely to have less incidences of the disease than we have right now.

The outright dismissal of condoms helps the devil to accomplish his mission of stealing, killing and destroying!

I would rather have a ‘healthy sinner’ on earth than a holy dead body brought about by HIV/Aids infection, leaving behind dependents to suffer humiliation and at times infection from the same condition because they are economically desperate and insecure.

The ‘healthy sinner’ who goes astray like say Pastor Benny Hinn or Jimmy Swaggart; the men of God who had extra marital affairs, has an opportunity of repenting and going back in the fold of God’s people living on earth. This is not true with one who gets infected and dies.

Yes, the condom has its failings, but it is still better than nothing. Encouraging condom use among the faithful is equivalent to fighting the devil on his turf.

We have to be aware that the devil loves to bring down the high and mighty to show that he really is powerful and that is why it makes a lot of news when a Christian catches the disease. Even the media finds more weight in this arrangement by reporting the failings of a religious person ahead of anything else.

That is why if a saved, muganda Principal Accountant steals money, the report would claim that a saved man (not an accountant) has stolen. The point here is that, the faithful are some of the most vulnerable and thus should be prepared with greater emphasis and reality.

Granted, the condom has its failings which include pores and the likelihood of breaking. But it is still better than nothing. So as the men of God hold the holy books in the right hand and proclaim his word, they should point to the condom with the left hand just in case the devil raises his ugly head.